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800+ Local Leaders Advocate for Their Communities on Capitol Hill

NLC (National League of Cities)

NLC hosts record-breaking advocacy day with 800+ local leaders advocating for cities, towns and villages on Capitol Hill. This year, more than 800 elected officials and city […] Source to advocate on behalf of cities, towns and villages.

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Library Cracks the Code on How To Tell Stories to Stakeholders: They Use Email! Here’s How Their Targeted Newsletter Works

Super Library Marketing

When Austin Railey III joined DML as the new Government Relations and Advocacy Director we started brainstorming how we could strategically tell our stories to decision-makers. Claudine says the audience for this specific newsletter is a curated list of 200 elected officials and government sector leaders.

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What can neighbors do about vacant buildings and lots?

Center for Community Progress

Organize vacant lot cleanup and maintenance : If there’s a specific lot that’s consistently overgrown and accumulating litter, reach out to your local elected official, neighborhood group, or department of public works to organize a cleanup or ongoing volunteer property maintenance.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some cities like Boston , Denver and Seattle have active pro-walking groups which are a model for improving places, technical assistance, and advocacy. -- In Arlington County, WalkArlington does community walks. Sometimes they're led by the elected official for that district. Planning and advocacy. Goes without saying.

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is a local walking and transit advocacy group called Sweet Streets , that helped promote this change.) Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years. Most people probably think of it as speed bumps, but there are many different treatments.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

To that end, they turned to lobbying and advocacy to fend off any possible profit-reducing limitations that Congress might impose on them. Any contact between F&F and elected officials is strictly controlled by the FHFA. To maintain their profitability and even grow it, F&F had to be heavily political.

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25 Exciting Career Paths in Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

They head up the advocacy, fund raising, and other civic duties associated with the role. They are chosen by elected officials and can work for small towns on a part time basis or for large cities. Visit here for the profile page of a firm who specializes in that. Executive Director. Director of Development. City Manager.